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Hot Hits
The REACH Opening Festival
The Kennedy CenterThru Sep. 22 Two weeks of FREE performances & activities celebrating the expansion of The Kennedy Center campus called the REACH.
David Sedaris
The Kennedy CenterTue. Oct 15 Award-winning humor writer and master of satire David Sedaris returns to the Kennedy Center.
Whose Live Anyway?
StrathmoreSat. Oct 12 An evening of hilarious improvised comedy and song based on audience suggestions
Assassins
Signature TheatreSep. 20 – 29 To kick off the 30th Anniversary season, Signature Theatre produces its 30th Sondheim musical with the daring and darkly funny Tony Award®-winning musical of the twisted American Dream.
National Philharmonic: Eroica & Beethoven
StrathmoreSep. 21 – 22 “Eroica” Symphony is a groundbreaking work in Beethoven’s stylistic development, bringing together classical control and romantic exuberance.
Escaped Alone
Signature TheatreSep. 24 – Nov. 3 Caryl Churchill's (Cloud 9, Top Girls) electrifying Signature debut is a caustically funny and surreal afternoon of tea and calamity.
Ray LaMontagne
StrathmoreTue. Oct 15 LaMontagne returns to the stage on his Just Passing Through acoustic tour.
NSO Pops: An Evening with Maxwell
The Kennedy CenterFri. Sep 20 The multi-Grammy® winner has artfully managed to transfix music lovers for more than two decades.
REMIX: The Future is Female
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryThu. Sep 26 This happy hour event is all about music, art and women celebrating women.
Mariinsky Ballet: Paquita
The Kennedy CenterOct. 8 – 13 Paquita is a glittering showcase of classical technique, dazzling tutus, and non-stop virtuosic turns.
Lucinda Williams
StrathmoreTue. Sep 24 Grammy-winner Lucinda Williams performs the album Car Wheels On A Gravel Road in its entirety,
Spotlights
Washington Performing Arts: Spektral Quartet
The Kennedy CenterTue. Oct 29
Nemr
The Kennedy CenterSat. Oct 5
Washington Performing Arts: Chick Corea Trilogy
StrathmoreWed. Oct 30
Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote
National ArchivesThru Jan. 3, 2021
Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth
National ArchivesTue. Sep 24
DEMO by Damian Woetzel: BalletX
The Kennedy CenterOct. 25 – 26
Washington Performing Arts: Melbourne Symphony
The Kennedy CenterWed. Oct 16
The Four Italian Tenors
Center for the Arts at George Mason UniversitySat. Oct 5
Suffragettes in the Silent Cinema and Silent Feminists: America’s First Women Directors
National ArchivesFri. Sep 20
India.Arie: The Worthy Tour
StrathmoreFri. Oct 11
Merce Cunningham Centennial: Compagnie Centre National de Danse Contemporaine-Angers
The Kennedy CenterOct. 3 – 5
Washington Performing Arts: Drew Petersen
The Kennedy CenterSat. Oct 19
